77.7% ▲ +15.5%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.2%
- 2016: 72.8%
- 2021: 77.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Box Hill South · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Box Hill South
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 20 points higher than the national figure, 45.2% of adults in Box Hill South hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is a highly educated area where high school completion rates and university degrees are both far above the state and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are among the highest for similar areas, with 77.7% of residents completing Year 12. This is far above the 61.8% seen across Victoria.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Box Hill South, Year 12 is the majority at 81%; Year 9 or below is next at 7%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is common here, as 45.2% of adults have a bachelor degree or more. This is far above the national figure of 26.3%, with 20.2% of the population holding a postgraduate degree.
45.2% ▲ +33.4%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 45.2%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Box Hill South, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 43%, followed by Postgraduate degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 24.8%, followed by society and culture at 11.8% and health at 11.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are typically much larger than in other areas, with an average size of 531 students. While there are 45 schools within 3km, the number of schools per 1,000 children is much lower than most areas.
1.39
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
45
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
531
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,133
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Box Hill South
45 schools — 23,890 students, average ICSEA 1,133.
By sector: Government 29 · Catholic 9 · Independent 7
By type: Primary 26 · Secondary 11 · Combined 8
| Roberts McCubbin Primary School, Box Hill South | Government | Primary | 0.3 km | 303 | 1,120 |
| Kingswood College, Box Hill | Independent | Combined | 0.6 km | 575 | 1,162 |
| Mount Scopus Memorial College, Burwood | Independent | Combined | 1.3 km | 1,170 | 1,159 |
| Our Lady of Perpetual Succour School, Surrey Hills | Catholic | Primary | 1.3 km | 145 | 1,142 |
| St Scholastica's School, Bennettswood | Catholic | Primary | 1.7 km | 108 | 1,067 |
| Laburnum Primary School, Blackburn | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 619 | 1,159 |
| Presbyterian Ladies' College, Burwood | Independent | Combined | 2.0 km | 1,530 | 1,207 |
| St Luke the Evangelist School, Blackburn South | Catholic | Primary | 2.1 km | 137 | 1,108 |
| Orchard Grove Primary School, Blackburn South | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 592 | 1,130 |
| Our Lady of Sion College, Box Hill | Catholic | Secondary | 2.1 km | 930 | 1,111 |
| St Francis Xavier's School, Box Hill | Catholic | Primary | 2.2 km | 257 | 1,105 |
| Box Hill High School, Box Hill | Government | Secondary | 2.2 km | 1,547 | 1,123 |
| Wattle Park Primary School, Burwood | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 251 | 1,122 |
| Surrey Hills Primary School, Surrey Hills | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 358 | 1,166 |
| Aurora School, Blackburn South | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 270 | 1,038 |
| Blackburn English Language School, Burwood East | Government | Combined | 2.5 km | 344 | 1,022 |
| Our Holy Redeemer School, Surrey Hills | Catholic | Primary | 2.7 km | 198 | 1,180 |
| Burwood East Special Developmental School, Burwood East | Government | Combined | 2.8 km | 79 | 1,073 |
| Ashwood School, Ashwood | Government | Combined | 2.9 km | 127 | 1,058 |
| Essex Heights Primary School, Mount Waverley | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 617 | 1,150 |
| Mont Albert Primary School, Mont Albert | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 605 | 1,149 |
| Box Hill Senior Secondary College, Mont Albert North | Government | Secondary | 3.2 km | 281 | 1,055 |
| Parkhill Primary School, Ashwood | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 188 | 1,098 |
| St Thomas the Apostle School, Blackburn | Catholic | Primary | 3.4 km | 185 | 1,130 |
| St Dominic's School, Camberwell | Catholic | Primary | 3.5 km | 146 | 1,169 |
| Ashwood High School, Ashwood | Government | Secondary | 3.5 km | 989 | 1,093 |
| Chatham Primary School, Surrey Hills | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 241 | 1,147 |
| Canterbury Primary School, Canterbury | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 639 | 1,192 |
| Frank Dando Sports Academy, Ashwood | Independent | Secondary | 3.6 km | 36 | 1,023 |
| Siena College Ltd, Camberwell | Catholic | Secondary | 3.6 km | 691 | 1,153 |
| Burwood East Primary School, Burwood East | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 520 | 1,147 |
| Mount Waverley Secondary College, Mount Waverley | Government | Secondary | 3.6 km | 1,862 | 1,127 |
| Hartwell Primary School, Camberwell | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 570 | 1,191 |
| Blackburn Primary School, Blackburn | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 440 | 1,141 |
| Burwood Heights Primary School, Burwood East | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 442 | 1,107 |
| Berengarra School, Box Hill North | Independent | Secondary | 3.7 km | 61 | 1,084 |
| Blackburn High School, Blackburn | Government | Secondary | 3.8 km | 1,289 | 1,094 |
| Forest Hill College, Burwood East | Government | Secondary | 3.8 km | 356 | 1,045 |
| Kerrimuir Primary School, Box Hill North | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 572 | 1,137 |
| Koonung Secondary College, Mont Albert North | Government | Secondary | 3.8 km | 1,232 | 1,108 |
| Strathcona Baptist Girls' Grammar, Canterbury | Independent | Combined | 3.9 km | 814 | 1,135 |
| Mount Waverley North Primary School, Mount Waverley | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 541 | 1,142 |
| Blackburn Lake Primary School, Blackburn | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 542 | 1,170 |
| Old Orchard Primary School, Blackburn North | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 441 | 1,127 |
| St Paul's College, Balwyn | Independent | Combined | 4.2 km | 50 | 1,090 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Box Hill South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20316/box-hill-south/topic/education